My statement on the Iranian regime’s attack on Israel.

Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief of the British Medical Journal writes today:

“At the heart of Hilary Cass’s review of gender identity services in the NHS is a concern for the welfare of “children and young people”. Her stated ambition is to ensure that those experiencing gender…

The IQ threshold hypothesis - the idea that, after IQ 120, additional IQ points don't translate into higher achievement - is false. Even among the top 1%, higher IQ predicts greater achievement. stevestewartwilliams.com/p/the-iq-thres…

The Cass Review must be a watershed moment for the NHS’s gender identity services.

My response for The Labour Party underlining our support for the Cass Review’s evidence-led recommendations and our determination to put children’s health and wellbeing above the political fray 👇🏻

“Dr Cass and her team have produced a thought-provoking, detailed and wide-ranging list of recommendations, which will have implications for all professionals working with gender-questioning children and young people.' Dr Roman Raczka

Our full response: bps.org.uk/news/bps-respo…

A short🧵on the implications of the #CassReview for research. One extraordinary finding among many: it was not possible to assess long-term outcomes of treatment pathways because NHS gender clinics would not co-operate. 1/7

#CassReport

Fun fact - this was a version of an invited talk given by Skinner at Swansea University in 1985.

The only recording of it is locked away at the BPS headquarters in their video vault. simon dymond, Martyn Quigley and I were in talks with them to break it out of there

Delighted 😀 to see my essay ‘Painting and Socialising COVID-19 Dreams’ published in Volume 1 Issue 2 of the International Journal of Surrealism -Inside/Outside: Surrealism in the time of COVID. Eds Kate Conley & Alice Mahon International Society for the Study of Surrealism UPress UMN University of Minnesota

REINDEER CYCLONE. Reindeer sometimes circle together in large groups. This is thought to be a defense against predators, making it harder to target any individual and shielding young in the 'eye of the storm.'

1/2: This week, Israeli racing driver, Ariel Elkin, won 3rd place in the USF Formula 4 Championship in USA.

When he got to the podium the commentator told him to put down his helmet but he refused & instead he lifted his helmet covered with the photos of the hostages.

Brilliant Yoko Ono retrospective Tate Modern London until 1st Sept. So many outstanding & interactive artworks: chess sets with all pieces white, torn canvas to shake hands through, a wall on which to ‘write your thoughts of your mother’. #MusicOfTheMind
tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-…

Whole cast wonderful in Cabaret Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (London) this weekend, #CaraDelevingne ’s voice & take on Sally Bowles so striking. Reprises the music, plot & characters from the original musical, in contrast to 1972 film. Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome 🎵. Maybe this time. #kitkatclub

Fascinating paper. I can’t find any attempted replications of the Dartmouth Scar Study, given it was published in 1980. The original paper included 3 studies on the effect, so two successful replications.
researchgate.net/profile/Robert…

Was modern art a CIA psy-op?

This is what the Cold War did to American art... (thread) 🧵

Most people of course would be glad that Eichmann was captured and put on trial in Israel ישראל 🇮🇱. Not so the United Nations though, which condemned Israel for ‘violating the sovereignty’ of Argentina! United Nations sided with those who hide rather than prosecute Nazis.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Na…

My MSc thesis found its new home! Happy to share our new #dreams paper now out in Frontiers - Psychology ! David Samson University of Toronto University of Toronto_Anthro Sleep & Human Evolution Lab doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.…

Useful voter migration graphic from Electoral Calculus. For every 2 voters/% points Labour has lost to the Greens it has gained 5 from the Tories, 3 from the Lib Dems and 2 from that favourite Corbynite reservoir of potential support, previous non-voters.

Wonderful, readable paper by my RU colleague Lou Matzel, which I only discovered by way of Rob.
'The answers to my survey suggest that psychology students do not simply lack a proper background in the science of intelligence, but instead (and worse), have been exposed to…